Police almost overwhelmed by brawlers whipped up by Tommy Robinson and his guest demagogues
Far-right London rally sees record crowds and violent clashes with police
The anti-fascist counter-protesters who had turned out to oppose Saturday’s far-right march in central London had not anticipated being unable to leave.
But more than six hours after they first gathered, they were trapped, surrounded on all sides by their opponents, who were kept at bay by lines of riot police.
Seeking violence, many of the protesters who attended the “Unite the Kingdom” march splintered off from the main 110,000-strong group after the initial march, catching the police off-guard by filing down side streets off Whitehall.
